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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Web Apps (March 2023)

The Microsoft Office Web Apps installation on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

– A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the affected component to deny system or application services. (CVE-2023-23396)

– A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2023-23399) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.Read More

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